southwest airlines co. - LUV

LUV

Close Chg Chg %
33.71 -0.34 -0.99%

Closed Market

33.37

-0.34 (0.99%)

Volume: 19.81M

Last Updated:

May 30, 2025, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: southwest airlines co. - LUV

LUV Key Data

Open

$33.39

Day Range

33.08 - 33.62

52 Week Range

23.58 - 36.11

Market Cap

$19.21B

Shares Outstanding

569.87M

Public Float

563.08M

Beta

1.17

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

40.03

EPS

$0.92

Yield

213.59%

Dividend

$0.18

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Jun 18, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

11.64M

 

LUV Performance

1 Week
 
8.92%
 
1 Month
 
12.93%
 
3 Months
 
8.53%
 
1 Year
 
25.60%
 
5 Years
 
5.02%
 

LUV Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 26
Full Ratings ➔

About southwest airlines co. - LUV

Southwest Airlines Co. engages in the operation and management of a passenger airline. The firm also offers ancillary services such as early bird check-in, upgraded boarding, and transportation of pets and unaccompanied minors. It operates in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Mexico, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Aruba, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Belize, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and Turks and Caicos. The company was founded by Rollin W. King and Herbert D. Kelleher on March 9, 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

LUV At a Glance

Southwest Airlines Co.
PO Box 36611
Dallas, Texas 75235-1611
Phone 1-214-792-4000 Revenue 27.48B
Industry Airlines Net Income 485.00M
Sector Transportation 2024 Sales Growth 5.335%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 72,450
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LUV Valuation

P/E Current 39.057
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 44.571
Price to Sales Ratio 0.787
Price to Book Ratio 1.927
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 46.792
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 9.497
Enterprise Value to Sales 0.762
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.385

LUV Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 379,337.474
Income Per Employee 6,694.272
Receivables Turnover 24.759
Total Asset Turnover 0.74

LUV Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.918
Quick Ratio 0.853
Cash Ratio 0.711

LUV Profitability

Gross Margin 17.025
Operating Margin 1.998
Pretax Margin 2.176
Net Margin 1.765
Return on Assets 1.306
Return on Equity 4.649
Return on Total Capital 2.635
Return on Invested Capital 2.70

LUV Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 77.855
Total Debt to Total Capital 43.774
Total Debt to Total Assets 22.616
Long-Term Debt to Equity 58.937
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 33.138
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Annual Financials for Southwest Airlines Co. - LUV

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
15.79B 23.81B 26.09B 27.48B
Sales Growth
+74.51% +50.82% +9.56% +5.34%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
14.63B 19.79B 21.88B 22.80B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
1.27B 1.35B 1.52B 1.66B
Depreciation
- - - -
-
Amortization of Intangibles
- - - -
-
COGS Growth
+23.62% +35.25% +10.54% +4.25%
Gross Income
1.16B 4.03B 4.22B 4.68B
Gross Income Growth
+141.59% +247.28% +4.75% +10.98%
Gross Profit Margin
+7.34% +16.90% +16.16% +17.03%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
2.39B 3.73B 3.99B 4.13B
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
2.39B 3.73B 3.99B 4.13B
SGA Growth
+23.99% +56.11% +7.08% +3.46%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
(2.97B) 229.00M 104.00M 184.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
1.74B 68.00M 120.00M 365.00M
Non Operating Income/Expense
12.00M 961.00M 749.00M 447.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
13.00M 217.00M 583.00M 497.00M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
431.00M 301.00M 236.00M 214.00M
Interest Expense Growth
+42.72% -30.16% -21.59% -9.32%
Gross Interest Expense
467.00M 340.00M 259.00M 249.00M
Interest Capitalized
36.00M 39.00M 23.00M 35.00M
Pretax Income
1.32B 728.00M 633.00M 598.00M
Pretax Income Growth
+131.13% -45.06% -13.05% -5.53%
Pretax Margin
+8.39% +3.06% +2.43% +2.18%
Income Tax
348.00M 189.00M 168.00M 133.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
368.00M (39.00M) 9.00M 1.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(20.00M) 228.00M 159.00M 132.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - 20.00M
-
Consolidated Net Income
977.00M 539.00M 465.00M 485.00M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
977.00M 539.00M 465.00M 485.00M
Net Income Growth
+131.78% -44.83% -13.73% +4.30%
Net Margin Growth
+6.19% +2.26% +1.78% +1.76%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
977.00M 539.00M 465.00M 485.00M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
977.00M 539.00M 465.00M 485.00M
EPS (Basic)
1.6503 0.9089 0.7815 0.811
EPS (Basic) Growth
+130.33% -44.93% -14.02% +3.77%
Basic Shares Outstanding
592.00M 593.00M 595.00M 598.00M
EPS (Diluted)
1.6043 0.8396 0.7266 0.7543
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+129.49% -47.67% -13.46% +3.81%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
609.00M 642.00M 640.00M 643.00M
EBITDA
43.00M 1.65B 1.75B 2.21B
EBITDA Growth
+101.24% +3,732.56% +5.95% +26.35%
EBITDA Margin
+0.27% +6.92% +6.69% +8.03%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation HOLD Average Target Price 28.695
Number of Ratings 26 Current Quarters Estimate 0.524
FY Report Date 06 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 1.184
Last Quarter’s Earnings -0.13 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 0.96 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 2.523
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 18 18 22 22
Mean Estimate 0.52 0.23 1.18 2.52
High Estimates 0.71 0.59 1.68 4.00
Low Estimate 0.41 -0.07 0.32 1.08
Coefficient of Variance 12.98 74.67 24.51 26.06

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 6 5 4
OVERWEIGHT 2 2 1
HOLD 12 12 12
UNDERWEIGHT 1 1 1
SELL 5 6 7
MEAN Hold Hold Hold

Insider Actions for Southwest Airlines Co. - LUV

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 36,000 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.81 per share 965,160.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 42,573 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.94 per share 1,146,916.62
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 41,419 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.93 per share 1,115,413.67
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 40,619 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.92 per share 1,093,463.48
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 39,119 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.9 per share 1,052,301.10
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 38,719 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.88 per share 1,040,766.72
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 38,519 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.88 per share 1,035,390.72
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 38,451 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.87 per share 1,033,178.37
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 37,800 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.86 per share 1,015,308.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 37,300 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.85 per share 1,001,505.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 36,400 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.83 per share 976,612.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 44,000 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $27 per share 1,188,000.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 35,600 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.8 per share 954,080.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 35,500 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.79 per share 951,045.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 34,600 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.78 per share 926,588.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 34,500 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.77 per share 923,565.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 34,100 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.74 per share 911,834.00
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 42,973 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.95 per share 1,158,122.35
May 2, 2025 Pierre R. Breber Director 43,073 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $26.96 per share 1,161,248.08
Mar 17, 2025 C. David Cush Director 19,011 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $30.03 per share 570,900.33

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